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Nassau County to vote on one-year, 4.5% pay hike for law enforcement unions

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By Candice Ferrette Verified
| Newsday Verified
A one-year agreement that would provide 4.5% raises to Nassau County's police, detectives and corrections officers at a cost of $43 million gained preliminary legislative approval on Monday. Lawmakers on the Rules and Finance committees voted on the request from County Executive Bruce Blakeman without discussion, setting it up for final approval when the 19-member legislature convenes on Oct. 26.
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Mamdani and Trump continue to heap praise on each other. Why expert say this undercuts Blakeman.

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By Candice Ferrette Verified
| Newsday Verified
Republican Bruce Blakeman has made New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani a central figure in his political messaging — first in his 2025 reelection run for Nassau County executive and this year in his bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul. In social media ads and on the campaign trail, Blakeman has targeted Mamdani, a democratic socialist, as an adversary of New York Republicans and has vowed to put an end to what they have described as an anti-capitalist, anti-law enforcement ideology.
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NUMC is on the verge of big changes. Will Nassau's GOP get on board?

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By Candice Ferrette Verified
| Newsday Verified
More than a year after the state overhauled the governance board at Nassau University Medical Center, Republican county lawmakers still haven't appointed anyone to the 11-member panel, even as it's set to make major decisions about the hospital's future. Republicans from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to the county legislature's presiding officer, Howard Kopel, have instead protested the takeover, lambasting the state over what they considered an illegal power grab.
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